While we have to wait until March 4 to see what film wins big at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony, The Boston Society of Film Critics gives cinema fans a chance to get into the awards season mood early with its annual Reception and Awards Program, planned for Sunday at Harvard Square's Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St.

“Delirium,” written and performed by Martin Dockery from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square. General admission tickets are $20 (or $23.16 with the online service fee).

Bread and Bones: A Fusion Dance and Concert from 7:30 p.m. Saturday to 12:30 a.m. Sunday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Building 50, also known as the Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive. General admission is $10.

Five things to do this weekend: Feb. 16-18

"Delirium," written and performed by Martin Dockery from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square. General admission tickets are $20 (or $23.16 with the online service fee).

...more details are trickling out about the food vendors that will populate the building at 1350 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. It’s a solid lineup...

...fall along with other 2018 openings slated for the neighborhood, including &Pizza x Milk Bar (1394 Massachusetts Ave.), a partnership between a DC-based pizza chain and New York’s well-known dessert...

Harvard's Getting Quite the Lineup of Doughnuts, Loukoumades, and More

The news of Harvard University's Smith Campus Center's renovation has been out for a while now - the initial announcement happened way back in 2013 - but with construction nearing its completion, more details are trickling out about the food vendors that will populate the building at 1350 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge.

Take a lunchtime walk around the Fresh Pond Reservation on Wednesday and hear about “Love in the Animal Kingdom” from a park ranger. The noon to 1 p.m. stroll is rain or shine and and starts at the 250 Fresh Pond Parkway ranger station. Questions? Contact: tpuopolo@cambridgeMA.gov.

“Thorns” is a mix of improv comedy, storytelling, standup, songs, films and rants about love showing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at ImprovBoston, 40 Prospect St., Central Square. Tickets are $18 general admission, or $14 for students.

...of course, there are zombies. It shows at 8 p.m. Wednesday at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. Tickets are $18 for students (or $21 with the online service fee...

...on Wednesday, starting in Harvard Square at 4 p.m. and walking to City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, to wrap up at 6 p.m. The young and young at heart...

...Sing-Along is the kind of thing you need, head to the Daddy Jones Bar, 525 Medford St., Magoun Square, Somerville, for a 4 to 6 p.m. break, with Jeff Jams taking...

Valentine's Day is Wednesday, officially. For those participating or opposed, here are some of the more interesting, inexpensive ways to take part. There's a "Celebrate Love" pop-up store at Albertine Press, 1309 Cambridge St., Inman Square, with one-stop shopping for floral arrangements by Claudia LaPeña, boxes of chocolate by EHChocolatier and the Press' own sophisticated cards for loved ones.

February 22 — 6 p.m. — 700 Boylston St., Boston — What is the role of a public library in 2018? How does the Boston...

February 25 — 9 a.m. — 19 Clarendon St., Boston — It has apparently flown under my radar, but Fitbit Local is running a series...

16 Boston Events Worth Checking Out in February 2018

Sure, February is the shortest month and also one of the coldest months around here. But it's also when we start to emerge from our hibernation and get reacquainted with the city around us. If you're one of those #SoberyJanaury people, February is the light at the end of the tunnel.

Americans love their sneakers. According to athletic apparel and sporting goods market research firm SportsOneSourceGroup, the international sneaker market grew 40 percent between 2004 and 2015. In the United States, sneaker sales grew 8 percent in 2015 to a whopping $17.2 billion.

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